swindled
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A New York woman admitted to defrauding Wesley Edens, a co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, resolving allegations that she had extorted the billionaire and swindled two other men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“You’ve called Hilton unethical and dishonest and said that he swindled his way into the Republican side,” Collins said, citing an article from the Atlantic.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
A Philippine congressional committee rejected impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday over allegations he swindled taxpayers out of billions of dollars.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
All the people who claimed to have been swindled by Mr Cavanagh said they had made complaints to Action Fraud.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
Her first master got swindled by a man who sold a device that cleaned cotton twice as fast as Whitney’s gin.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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